Gestures Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Former Apple engineer: FingerWorks may be a part of the tablet

by Mike Schramm (Jan 11th, 2010)

The New York Times is the latest big source of tablet rumors today, and they went way back for the latest stab in the dark. All the way back to 2005, when Apple purchased a little company called FingerWorks, known for their work with gesture recognition on a multitouch interface like the ...

Some iPhone apps are just strange but they still work

by Mel Martin (Jan 4th, 2009)

There is no shortage of iPhone dialers. Most work by voice, some by tapping a picture of your contact. Now we get Sensi Dial, [App Store link] an iPhone program that uses gestures to dial your contacts. Gestures? Yep. The idea is with gestures you don't have to look at your phone to reach a contact. ...

Mac 101: Right-click on a laptop

by Dave Caolo (May 28th, 2008)

Oh, the one-button mouse. You either love it or you hate it. Veteran Mac users adore the elegance and simplicity; switchers bemoan the loss of a second (or third) mouse button. Of course, the problem is easily fixed by either holding down the Control button or -- wait for it -- buying a two-button ...

Photoshop and trackpad gestures

by Dave Caolo (May 13th, 2008)

I'm not a trackpad fan, but I will admit that gestures are cool. Ivan at Creative Bits has identified the gestures available in Photoshop, including Alt (Option) key + double finger track to zoom and out within a document Hold the Apple (Cmd) key to zoom the whole screen There's more, of ...

Gus Mueller makes FlyGesture free

by David Chartier (Jul 5th, 2007)

Gus Mueller of Flying Meat software, maker of popular apps like VoodooPad and FlySketch, has decided to reduce FlyGesture's price to free. For those who haven't seen it: FlyGesture enables your Mac with the power to open files, run Automator apps/AppleScripts, type text and more - all with the ...

Gestures in the wild

by Dave Caolo (Feb 8th, 2006)

Maybe the tech of CSI isn't so ridiculous after all. With the rumors of an Apple tablet and "gestures" in mind, check out this video. It's a demo of what appears to be a gesture and touch-based UI that is impressive to say the least. Don't miss the manipulation of photos (they appear to be ...

More Apple tablet rumors

by Dave Caolo (Feb 2nd, 2006)

Here's the rumor that won't go away. Unites States Patent Application #20060026536 (which features the signature of Jonathan Ive) concerns "...Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device ...